Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-17
WAS MOUNT cHocoRuA THE
ORIGINAL Pi0wACKHr HILL ,
M raor CHARLES " FAY OF rurrs
coLLr6E

M rRoF CHARLES " FAY oF rurrs
COLLEGE
IL ia w,ll.known fact that Ia colon
isl ,imts, q. Early ~ has a, least. there
va. an sminshoe, presumably within
New Hsmp.hirr limits. kno~n familiar
ly TO Ms,..ehu.e,,. rangers ."Pig.
wseks, HILL" 1, lay 10 tie northeast
ward q Lske winrsp,saukse. and was
deep In the wilderness; for 10 those
day. civilization h.d passed bg, q little
way beyond the northern boundary OF
eas,srn Massachusetts,; even Nashua.
then par, Of Durs'sble. ". = frontier
town, and the fair in',rvales Of Penna.
cook. the prssn, site Of Ccneord. were
planted by the red man only. No, until
1870 did coloni.i. settle ~ the latter
place and not until q. l.is Ns 1893 did
he PsnrAeook settlement ssLd out =
col0ny 10 iLs then remote Pigsscke,
eounlIy, over sixty mills distant as the
crow ae,. The in,s',sting region was
prime,.l wilderness The region was.
however. by no means unknown. DC.
eupisd by dangerous ladisn nsishbor.
more than ons etpsdiiioa a rangers had
been ,,h, oul 10 ia'inidsle OF TO EXTERN
mate item Mo., famous " these ~as
the expedition q Captain John i.o,evsIl
-hich va. fitted oa, from Dunsisble.
m tie ,prirg of l79j. ag,ih', the P.s-
va kei.. whose chief village l.y within
the limit. Of The present. 'o"n'hiP Of
ty'burg Ne.
Surprised by their Intended VIC ims-
the chief psuga. shd hi. bfs,s.-on the
shore u I. potd sine koosn - Love
sell. Pond. ds.psiA,s eneoan,sr took
place. Only small band Il ihs rans.
~. ,,e.gsd With their l,s,'. js'. on The
other h.nd. 90 grss, vas ihe Distraction
q life. aud such "a. the frsr ifsplrd BY
the boldr,s II the whites. that the
region 90. .b.ndoasd by - Isdian &C.
eupani.. and the way prepared FOE the
advance Of settler. UP ihs Msinm'e 'al.
ley. Great ~N the FAM Il III. lmpofl.
att event. IL va. the ,teme on every
ton que; IL was .ung by The colonial
posis. IL ". even sniollei by tie Puri.
"a clergy; indeed. ioye~,lI. Fight ,hsd
melancholy glory over the -hole
ooloay.
AZ Tbs, time The geographical nomtn.
el.igr % N. r,slon vas oi course very
mssgie-for the nost patti consisting
only Il the Indian nAni,'. ~ -hat ~tfs
taken 20 b. such. Il the dIii- ,t, phy,i.
cal feature. Of the ooatty. particularly
of the stream, .nd l.ks,. The noun.
tain. bad n, fo' ihs.e early explorers The
same ini,i,,, ~ Thy nov have fo' mem
bsr q The Appalachian Mouni.in Clab
ard. ifany Of oli familiar peaks Of tbs
White McuhiAin icsion bad namss a.
ssily - l0,s~slls hski. they have no'
come down 20 u'. There -ss one peal
host,er. ~hieh for some iss'on wsi
deemed impoiisu, trough 20 have
name q u. o-n. ~hslhUr iof l's sizs
~ striking sppsararee. - easily rseos'
niisd identity ,sen from aiar. ~ be-
cause li .iooi SO notable landmark TOT
some Interesting region. for one or III
al Of these causes. OF Or some o,teI
that ~e esnno, oOnj o'lfc. u bore Z
name-,he suggestive, II ro' ,uPhohiou'
title Of "PissAckss I'LL
How widely ,h, name VI. kaown II
!. impo.,ibl, 20 ay. Indeed. Ne as
only awar, OF u. eairsne- from = single
contemporary msaiion, ysi ihs Nay u
~kieh !, is r,i'rr,d % permits the iafsr.
enoe that IL h.d a grnsrsl currency smons
those interested - iha, time in ih'
northern woods. add ,hi. category doubt.
lee. embraced al VITO realized ,ha, they
bad scalp 10 lee This sinsl, men
ton occurs in journil Of Captain VII
lard. Who secuted With al adveniuroui
band through the southern section Of ih'
White Mountain. and through the Pig
~sek,, rvsioa only fe~ months 'ub'e
qusn,ly TO l.o,esell. fAmou. fight. Ii
Descending lhe course Of the SsIfl River
then called The S,eo-,he upper course
VI which Il ~ss represented 20 be on
map. Of much later daie-h- came 81
lsngih TO The place "~hsrr Capt. Love
fret cane upon the Saseo River ,so
dsy. before hi. hski a. yc mouth Of q
.,rsm which he followed from Pig.
w.ek,t Ill., Though this Is the ohl,
place where the name occurs a. this
early period. the existence u the hal i
posed as securely a. II It were mentioned
Ia dozen j1urnsl..-lus existence. bat
no, IL location. Thi. mo mAn know.
eth unto ,hi. d,y."
OF course. II one could determine ihs
stream which Lo,e-,ll followed from
Pigwsekei Hill. Il would be a long step
toward the Identification Of the bill itself
50 far .. | kto~. thi. has never yet been
attempted by any one Who had not
poin, Of Argument 70 gain. and whose
hf,, though, ~. therefor 10 locate this
unnamed uibsi.ry Of the Ssih River
~hse IL would edo the mos, good
to hi, eide Of tie discussion. Thus one
dppg,sni. Ignoring the f.e, iha, Love.
veil va. coming iron the south. aud
therefore could no, frs, come upon the
S.ro by following a stream Which ilo~'
in,o IL firm the northeast. located iis
spring. hish up on the northern hesr-
i IL b..